. Animal life in field and garden . lice, those pot-bellied creatures that in countless swarms infestthe tender shoots of plants and suck the sap. Theladybird eats our enemies, plant-lice; it dotes onthem. Do not disturb it. *The insect known as the globular lasia is of thesame family as the ladybird, and like the latter it isround and redand has blackspots, but they areplaced differentlyand usually num-ber about a dozenon each wingsheath. The larvais yellow and allbristling with lit-tle hairs thatstand up like tinythorns. Both the larva and the mature insect live,not on lice, but on leaves, w
. Animal life in field and garden . lice, those pot-bellied creatures that in countless swarms infestthe tender shoots of plants and suck the sap. Theladybird eats our enemies, plant-lice; it dotes onthem. Do not disturb it. *The insect known as the globular lasia is of thesame family as the ladybird, and like the latter it isround and redand has blackspots, but they areplaced differentlyand usually num-ber about a dozenon each wingsheath. The larvais yellow and allbristling with lit-tle hairs thatstand up like tinythorns. Both the larva and the mature insect live,not on lice, but on leaves, whether of clover, vetch,lucerne, or some other plant. The marks they makeon the gnawed leaves look like furrows made by afour-toothed comb. Finally, who is to take in hand the stems of theclover? This task will fall to various caterpillarsequipped with good teeth and strong jaws, as forexample the glyphic noctua, a rather pretty mothwith upper wings bearing irregular spots encircledeach by a light-gray thread on a brown background,. Ladybirdsa, larva ; h, pupa ; c, first joint of larva,enlarged ; d, beetle; below, from left toright, nine-spotted ladybird, trim ladybird,and spotted ladybird, with lines showingnatural size. 332 ANIMAL LIFE IN FIELD AND GARDEN and lower wings brightly spotted with a light shadeof yellow. On every part of the clover, on stems and blos-soms, leaves and roots, ravenous devourers are nowinstalled. Have I exhausted the list? By no are others in plenty, if only to take the leav-ings of those I have named. CHAPTER XLV CABBAGE-EATERS ONE day Jacques came in from the garden witha cabbage root all covered with warts havingthe shape and size of a pea. In each wart was alittle worm. Some of the cabbages are withering away, an-nounced the old gardener, though there are noworms on the leaves. I think the trouble comesfrom the warts on the roots. You have guessed right, my good Jacques, re-plied Uncle Paul. Leave me that root and pull upall the cabba
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